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Webster 1913 Edition
Res
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Res
(r?z)
, Noun.
pl.
Res
. [L.]
A thing; the particular thing; a matter; a point.
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Res gestae
[L., things done]
(Law)
, the facts which form the environment of a litigated issue.
Wharton.
– ‖Res judicata
[L.]
(Law)
, a thing adjudicated; a matter no longer open to controversy.